The Supreme Court has told Elon Musk to buzz off.
The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X Corp. on the company’s claim that special counsel Jack Smith took an unlawful deep dive into Donald Trump’s social media account without notifying the former president.
X Corp. begged the Supreme Court in July to determine under what circumstances a tech company can be compelled to turn over information on its users, while being prevented from alerting those users that they’re being investigated.
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When X Corp. challenged the order, it was found in contempt and fined $350,000. Prosecutors argued that notifying Trump of the search would endanger the evidence.
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X Corp. begged the Supreme Court in July to determine under what circumstances a tech company can be compelled to turn over information on its users, while being prevented from alerting those users that they’re being investigated.
Ah, after reading the headline I was wondering what motive could be so ulterior that it could override the MAGA Justices’ [sic] corrupt compulsion to help Trump. Yep, putting gag orders on services while investigating their users is nefarious enough to fit that bill.
Just to be clear here, if there’s anybody who eminently deserves to be fucked over by secret subpoenas, it’s Trump. But despite that political expediency serving the good guys (for once), it’s still a bad precedent.
This isn’t the NSA snooping on your private conversations because it’s a day ending in a y.
This is a search for corroborating evidence against someone credibly accused of inciting a fucking insurrection done with reasonable suspicion, court order, the works.
As for the “gag order” part, Trump is known to routinely delete evidence and there’s no doubt that Musk would warn him to do so if it didn’t put himself in legal jeopardy.
Tl;Dr: you’re comparing apples and hand grenades.
